Are You Superstitious? / myLot

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Gouverneur, New York

September 3, 2016 1:52pm CST

Some of us are superstitious, oh I don't mean crazy afraid of everything, I mean mildly superstitious? For example, you hate when you break a mirror because it will give you 7 years bad luck or believe a black cat crossing your path means death. I am amazed at the many, many different superstitions that are alive and well out there. For example, did you know that it is believed by some people that if you say good bye to a friend while on a bridge that you will never see them again? I think many superstitions get their start when something happens once and people hang on to that happening. For some of them I am sure they are founded on a firm base while others such as don't step on a crack or you'll break your mother's back is based on something that isn't quite set in fact. Anyway, I was just wondering how many of you out there are superstitious.

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meowhisper

@meowch (2220)

• United States

3 Sep 16

I'm superstitious. When I was in high school my pocket mirrors they kept getting broken. Nowadays when I have a mirror I make sure it doesn't slide easily and I put it always in my handbag. I'm not superstitious about dark cats. I saw a dark cat months ago we looked at each other eye to eye. I made my eye bigger the cat looked at me with wide eyes too.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Sep 16

@meowch did you have bad luck after breaking those mirrors in high school?

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meowhisper

@meowch (2220)

• United States

5 Sep 16

@HazySue I didn't think so. My high school years went well.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

5 Sep 16

@meowch so the broken mirrors didn't give you bad luck. right?

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Sakina

@sakinasaifee18 (575)

• Mumbai, India

4 Sep 16

I am superstitious about very few things, not a lot. But I can't completely deny its influence over me.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Sep 16

@sakinasaifee I think that happens when you have heard certain superstitions all of your life.

Sakina

@sakinasaifee18 (575)

• Mumbai, India

4 Sep 16

@HazySue I've actually seen some superstitious beliefs come true in front of me. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe my mind.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Sep 16

I try not to be but mom was very stuperstitious …. we always had to throw the salt over the shoulder when ever we'd spill the stuff and she'd never let us walk under a ladder.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

4 Sep 16

You're probably right @HazySue ma was born in 1916.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Sep 16

@rebelann I think it was more common way back when. My mother-in-law used to throw spilt salt over her shoulder also.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

3 Sep 16

I do not have one ounce of superstition in my body.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Sep 16

@marlina it sounds like most of us don't believe .

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41447)

• United States

4 Sep 16

I'm not superstitious at all. Some made sense (an open umbrella in the house is dangerous because someone might get their eye poked!) and walking under a ladder could definitely hurt if someone on the ladder dropped a hammer on your head! I'd rather put my trust in Jesus!